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The Nuremberg executions took place on October 16, 1946, shortly after the conclusion of the Nuremberg trials.Ten prominent members of the political and military leadership of Nazi Germany were executed by hanging: Hans Frank, Wilhelm Frick, Alfred Jodl, Ernst Kaltenbrunner, Wilhelm Keitel, Joachim von Ribbentrop, Alfred Rosenberg, Fritz Sauckel, Arthur Seyss-Inquart, and Julius Streicher.
John Clarence Woods (June 5, 1911 – July 21, 1950) was a United States Army master sergeant who, with Joseph Malta, carried out the Nuremberg executions of ten former top leaders of the Third Reich on October 16, 1946, after they were sentenced to death at the Nuremberg trials. Time magazine credited him with 347 executions to that date ...
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 1 October 2024. Series of military trials at the end of World War II For the film, see Nuremberg Trials (film). "International Military Tribunal" redirects here. For the Tokyo Trial, see International Military Tribunal for the Far East. International Military Tribunal Judges' bench during the tribunal at ...
Raymond D'Addario (August 18, 1920 – February 13, 2011) was an American photographer, known especially for his images of the Nazi leaders during the Nuremberg trials. [1] [2] [3] D'Addario worked as a freelance photographer from 1938, turning his hobby into his profession. He enlisted in the United States Army before it entered the Second ...
Fritz Sauckel. Arthur Seyss-Inquart. Julius Streicher. Categories: People convicted by the International Military Tribunal in Nuremberg. Nazis executed by hanging. People executed by Allied occupation forces. People executed by international courts and tribunals. Executed Nazis by location.
The Doctors' Trial (officially United States of America v. Karl Brandt, et al.) was the first of 12 trials for war crimes of high-ranking German officials and industrialists that the United States authorities held in their occupation zone in Nuremberg, Germany, after the end of World War II. These trials were held before US military courts, not ...
Between 20 November 1945 and 1 October 1946, the International Military Tribunal (IMT), better known as the Nuremberg trials, tried 24 of the most important political and military leaders of Nazi Germany. Of those convicted, 11 were sentenced to death and 10 hanged. Hermann Göring committed suicide the night before he was due to be hanged.
Joseph Malta (November 27, 1918 [1][2] – January 6, 1999) was the United States Army hangman who, with Master Sergeant John C. Woods, carried out the Nuremberg executions of ten former top leaders of the Third Reich on October 16, 1946, after they were sentenced to death during the Nuremberg Trials. Malta was a 28-year-old military policeman ...